On 10/22/2015 8:03 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Oct 2015 19:44:38 -0400, Cheryl >
> wrote:
>
>> On 10/18/2015 5:44 PM, Je?us wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 18 Oct 2015 17:32:25 -0400, Dave Smith
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> A couple months ago I got a call from "the income tax department"
>>>> telling me I had been audited and owed them money and had to pay it
>>>> immediately.
>>>
>>> Heh. We get that one too. I've apparently been in trouble with the tax
>>> department twice so far... the last time, a message was left on my
>>> machine from a 'Scott Thompson' from the Australian Tax Office, who
>>> couldn't have sounded less anglo-saxon if he tried.
>>>
>> I've been getting that call often lately. I can see why some might be
>> gullible enough to fall for it, they do sound real. But I've already
>> been hearing about these calls so I ignore them.
>
> The IRS NEVER calls, they send snail mail.
>
Yes I know, and some of what they send should have to be signed for, and
they don't do that.

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